Extraordinary conversations between a confidant of Martin Luther King Jr. and a modern-day activist lead to the game-changing realizations that a second-wave civil rights movement is unfolding and that we must embrace the lessons of the past to effect lasting change.
Extraordinary conversations between a confidant of Martin Luther King Jr. and a modern-day activist lead to the game-changing realizations that a second-wave civil rights movement is unfolding and that we must embrace the lessons of the past to effect lasting change.
Kevin Shird is an activist, public speaker, and associate professor at Johns Hopkins University. Shird began dealing drugs at the age of sixteen, and later served almost twelve years in prison for drug trafficking. Today he works with young people to help them avoid the dangers of street culture and advocates for policy changes that support their safety and development. With his friend, award-winning R&B singer Mario (Mario Barrett), Shird cofounded the Do Right Foundation, a nonprofit that from 2008–2014 provided a lifeline to children living with family members abusing drugs. During the tenure of President Barack Obama, Shird worked with the White House Office on National Drug Control Policy and as part of the committee for President Obama's Clemency Project. During the protests in Baltimore following the death of Freddie Gray, Shird was an action consultant to Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake's administration. Today, Shird speaks nationwide on public health policy, reentry into society after incarceration, and substance abuse prevention. He teaches the course Life and Death in Charm City: Histories of Public Health in Baltimore, 1750 to the Present in the Center for Medical Humanities and Social Medicine at Johns Hopkins University. He lives in Baltimore, MD.
Inhaltsangabe
Introduction Part I 1. Heading South 2. Martin 3. America Lynched 4. Bloody Sunday 5. The Colored Waiting Room 6. March On Part II 1. The Awakening 2. I Am a Black Man 3. Don't Boo, Vote 4. Leaders Among Us 5. Knowledge is Power 6. Women Who Lead 7. In the End 8. Murder in Memphis Afterword: Race in America Timeline
Introduction Part I 1. Heading South 2. Martin 3. America Lynched 4. Bloody Sunday 5. The Colored Waiting Room 6. March On Part II 1. The Awakening 2. I Am a Black Man 3. Don't Boo, Vote 4. Leaders Among Us 5. Knowledge is Power 6. Women Who Lead 7. In the End 8. Murder in Memphis Afterword: Race in America Timeline
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